Cuff-retainer



(No Model.)

A. L. FRANKLIN.

CUFF RETAINER.

No. 302,992. Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR flaw, 4 azezzmwg r ATTGRNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AGNES LOUISA FRANKLIN, OF FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.

CUFF-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,992, dated August5, 1884.

Application filed May 28, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AGNES-Louisa FRANK- LIN,of Frankfort, in the county of Franklin and State of Kentucky, haveinvented a new and Improved'Cuff-Retainer, of which thefollowing is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient devicefor retaining cuffs in place upon the wrist; and it consists of apointed stud attached to the sleeve-button, and capable of engaging theedge of the sleeve under which the cuff is worn.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similarletters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cuff-retainer. Fig. 2shows its position in the cuff-button. Fig. 3 shows a modified form ofmy cuff-retainer, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show the application ofmy-cuff-retainer to a lever cnffbutton.

My improved cuff-retainer may be attached to the cuff-buttonpermanently, or it may be secured to a plate, which may be applied toand removed from the cuff-button.

\Vhen my improved cuifretainer is attached permanently to thecufi'-button, the pointed pin Awill be soldered upon the inner or outerpart of the button; or it may be attached at. right angles to a plate,B, as shown in'Fig. 1, which is afterward soldered to the inner or outerpart of the button. In the case of a separable button, as shown in Figs.2 and 3, the plate B will be soldered to the inner part of the button;butin the case of the lever button, as shown in Fig. 6, the plate willbe soldered to the outer form of the button.

In Figs. 4 and5 I have shown a form of cuffretainer adapted to a levercuff-button, the slot a being for the purpose of receiving the inner endof the shank of the button. In some cases I may form the retainer of aloop of wire, having a pin, A, projecting at right angles therefrom, asshown in Fig. 3. The pointed pin A is arranged parallelwith the shank Dof the button 0, and is inserted in the outer sleeve, E, and also in thecuff as the shank of the button is passed into the button-hole of thecuff. In the case of the separable button, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,the pin is inserted from within the cuff. In the case of theleverbutton, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the pin A is inserted from theexterior of the cuff.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a cuff-button, of a retaining-pin, A, arrangedparallel withthe shank of the button, as specified.

2. A cuff-retainer for application to a cuffbutton, consisting of theplate B, having a pointed pin, A, projecting therefrom at right angles.as herein specified.

3. The combination, with the cuff-button O, of the plate B, providedwith a pointed pin projecting therefrom at right angles, as specified.

AGNES LOUISA FRANKLIN.

YVitnesses:

LoUIsE A. \VIA'RD, En. GRANT.

